Personal Assistance
Future of Home Care
Seiten
1998
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-5902-1 (ISBN)
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-5902-1 (ISBN)
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Long-term care has emerged as an important concern for health and public policy, but has lacked a conceptual foundation that public policy analysts and families can draw upon. This text examines how community-based long-term care can develop constructively.
Because of wide-ranging changes in demographics, family structure and the financing and delivery of health service, long-term care has emerged as an important concern for health and public policy. But long-term care has lacked a conceptual foundation that public policy analysts and families can draw upon to shape its development. This text examines how community-based long-term care can develop constructively in an environment in which expanded public financing is an unlikely option. The authors begin by discussing the history, financing and delivery of long-term care. Chapters propose strategies for strengthening home- and community-based services: expanding cash payments and more extensive self-financing, expanding the use of assistive technology and supported housing, and increasing the use of volunteers. Examining all aspects of current medical and home care services, the authors propose a model for home care which maximizes cost-effective delivery of reliable services tailored to individual needs.
Unlike current health care programmes, their proposal builds on new insurance options to show how reallocating personal resources can make home care costs comparable to those of a nursing home but allow the individual greater personal freedom.
Because of wide-ranging changes in demographics, family structure and the financing and delivery of health service, long-term care has emerged as an important concern for health and public policy. But long-term care has lacked a conceptual foundation that public policy analysts and families can draw upon to shape its development. This text examines how community-based long-term care can develop constructively in an environment in which expanded public financing is an unlikely option. The authors begin by discussing the history, financing and delivery of long-term care. Chapters propose strategies for strengthening home- and community-based services: expanding cash payments and more extensive self-financing, expanding the use of assistive technology and supported housing, and increasing the use of volunteers. Examining all aspects of current medical and home care services, the authors propose a model for home care which maximizes cost-effective delivery of reliable services tailored to individual needs.
Unlike current health care programmes, their proposal builds on new insurance options to show how reallocating personal resources can make home care costs comparable to those of a nursing home but allow the individual greater personal freedom.
Robert Morris is professor emeritus at Brandeis University and senior associate at the Gerontology Institute of the University of Massachusetts, Boston. His many books include 'Testing the Limits: International Perspectives on Social Welfare Change in Nine Industrial Countries' and 'Rethinking Social Welfare: Why Care for the Stranger?' Francis G. Caro is director of the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. John E. Hansan, former chief of staff for the Governor of Ohio, served as director of the National Conference on Social Welfare, of the National Association of Social Workers, and of the Ohio Department of Public Welfare.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.10.1998 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Baltimore, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 450 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8018-5902-6 / 0801859026 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8018-5902-1 / 9780801859021 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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